{"id":9449,"date":"2021-01-16T23:00:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T23:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=151052"},"modified":"2021-01-16T23:00:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T23:00:43","slug":"k-road-chronicles-looking-at-nzs-homelessness-from-the-inside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/16\/k-road-chronicles-looking-at-nzs-homelessness-from-the-inside\/","title":{"rendered":"K Road Chronicles \u2013 looking at NZ\u2019s homelessness from the inside"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\">\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/491909523\">K Road Chronicles video<\/a> produced by Stuff with NZ On Air.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>By RNZ&#8217;s <\/em><span class=\"prog-name prog-name--the-weekend\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/national\/programmes\/the-weekend\"><em>The Weekend with Karyn Hay<\/em> <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__body\">\n<p>The\u00a0<em>K Road Chronicles\u00a0<\/em>is a New Zealand webseries that delves into what it is like to be homeless on the streets of inner city Auckland.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/here%20is%20the%20link%20to%20series%202\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Now in its second season<\/a>, the show is hosted by Six &#8211; who knows the experience of homelessness firsthand, having lived on the streets for six years.<\/p>\n<p>Six, an AUT journalism graduate and founder of the <em>K Road Chronicle<\/em> newspaper for homeless people, joins Karyn in the studio to discuss making the series.<\/p>\n<div class=\"block-item\">\n<div class=\"c-play-controller c-play-controller--full-width u-blocklink\" data-uuid=\"74e8cf22-3755-4b00-a08b-cb4820beda5a\">\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"c-play-controller__play faux-link faux-link--not-visited\" title=\"Listen to K Road Chronicles: looking at homelessness from the inside\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/national\/programmes\/the-weekend\/audio\/2018780054\/k-road-chronicles-looking-at-homelessness-from-the-inside\" data-player=\"58X2018780054\"> <span class=\"c-play-controller__title\"><strong>LISTEN<\/strong> to Six on <em>The Weekend<\/em> with Karyn Hay <span class=\"c-play-controller__duration\"><span class=\"hide\">(Duration <\/span>30<span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2032<\/span><span class=\"acc-visuallyhidden\">:<\/span>03<span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2033)<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/343177\/k-road-newspaper-to-focus-on-stories-from-the-street\">K Road newspaper to focus on stories from the street<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/2019\/07\/09\/aut-journo-graduate-sharing-stories-of-aucklands-most-vulnerable\/\">&#8216;A journalist is nothing without values,&#8217; says community editor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/authors\/jessie-chiang\">Jessie Chiang<\/a>, RNZ News r<span class=\"author-job\">eporter<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Living on the fringes<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/343177\/k-road-newspaper-to-focus-on-stories-from-the-street\">FLASHBACK TO 2017 REPORT:<\/a> Homeless people and those living on the fringes in central Auckland have their own newspaper for the first time.<\/p>\n<p><em>K Road Chronicle<\/em> tells the stories of the Karangahape Road community.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Chronicle\u2019s<\/em> editor, Six, said the monthly newspaper was about giving the homeless a voice and breaking down any prejudices the public may have about them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt educates the wider audience on who these people are and what they\u2019re stories are and what\u2019s significant to them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \">\n<figure style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Six, the editor of the K Road Chronicle, pictured on Karangahape Road. Image: Jessie Chiang\/RNZ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Even though it focuses mainly on K Road and stories from the street, it&#8217;s about everybody who uses the street whether they live there or work there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So far 1000 copies have been printed and are being given free to those sleeping rough to sell.<\/p>\n<p>Six said just the other day she gave a few copies to someone on the street to sell and it was rewarding to see the difference it made.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He sat up and he was excited to be giving out these newspapers and I think it gave him a purpose,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I caught up with him a few hours later and I said, &#8216;how&#8217;s it going?&#8217; and he said, &#8216;I made 20 bucks&#8217; and that&#8217;s great because he could be sitting there all there and make five or 10 dollars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \">\n<figure style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/eight_col_kroad_chronicle.jpg\" alt=\"K Road Chronicle\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The paper was started with initial funding from the K Road Business Association. Image: Jessie Chiang\/RNZ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rob, who usually asks for money on K Road, has also been selling the <em>Chronicle<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>He said it was great to be able to offer people something that represented him as well as putting money in his pocket.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They give me koha and before they read it, they ask me what it&#8217;s all about so I explain it to them,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I say it&#8217;s all about the community and [it&#8217;s] ideas and thoughts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper was started with initial funding from the K Road Business Association.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This publication really identifies the community and speaks to the community enhancement aspect of what we do,&#8221; said manager Michael Richardson. &#8220;It really speaks to what happens here at Karangahape Road.<\/p>\n<p>Richardson said he was in talks with other organisations which were keen to donate funds to the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article is republished under a community partnership agreement with RNZ.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2021\/01\/16\/k-road-chronicles-looking-at-nzs-homelessness-from-the-inside\/\">Radio Free<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>K Road Chronicles video produced by Stuff with NZ On Air. 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